January 26th strap on your Green and Gold, grab a flag, face paint, a slab of beer and head to the beach! You won’t be able to go to the bank or any other business. Why? It’s [1] Australia Day Baby! Australia’s closest thing to a birthday, it marks the day that the first fleet under Captain Arthur Phillip arrived in Sydney Cove and set up the colony of New South Wales.

[2] BBQ’s, beach outings, fireworks, and all kinds of celebrations take place all over the country including the much anticipated music events of the year- The JJJ Hottest 100 Release and the Sydney Leg of The Big Day Out concert. The Hottest 100 list is a compilation of the biggest hits of the year as voted on by JJJ listeners- which is most of the country.

Along with the fun and frivolity of a National-day-off-work-holiday that falls during the summer school holidays, other more official events like Australian of the Year, a Prime Ministers Address and Citizenship ceremonies also occur.

But most importantly (he he he) is the [3] Thong World Record I’m going to try and help set.

(Update: We only managed about 540 people at Dee Why this year….I think the record is somewhere over 900. Come on people let’s show them next year!)